Eliot program could include students at Clinton High after all

Tuesday

Mar 25, 2014 at 11:48 AM

By Jan Gottesman MANAGING EDITOR

CLINTON — Two weeks after telling The Item that students in the Eliot Community Human Services program, planned for Boylston Street, would not be in the Clinton public schools, President Kate Markarian informed the newspaper that may not be the case.

Markarian said that, as early as this September, a student or two could attend the Clinton schools as part of an "independent component" in their education plan. She said a liaison with the Department of Youth Services clarified this to her after she spoke with The Item for a story that appeared in the March 14 paper.

Markarian said the house at 46 Boylston St. is licensed for a maximum of 10 boys, ages 13 to 17, but the daily census is probably going to be four to six teens. The majority would stay in the Boylston Street house for schools.

The students who attend the public school on the independent component will likely need special programs through the Clinton schools, which would be paid through the Clinton school budget, since they are living in town.

Markarian said a meeting with her agency's funding source, the superintendent and Eliot officials has been planned to discuss the students who may be in the Clinton schools.